Classic Book Covers

A collection of vintage book covers featuring intricate designs and varying colors, showcasing literary works from different genres and periods.

Cape Cod Spine and front cover ,

Ritz-Carlton. 1927. Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. text. Menus. Rare Book Division

Amor und Psyche Opus Va. Dated: 1880, this edition printed 1893/1907. Dimensions: overall: 42.7 × 32 × 1 cm (16 13/16 × 12 5/8 × 3/8 in.) plate: 36.3 × 27.3 cm (14 5/16 × 10 3/4 in.) sheet: 42.5 × 31.3 cm (16 3/4 × 12 5/16 in.). Medium: portfolio with 15 sheets of etchings, some with aquatint and roulette on wove paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Max Klinger.

Waldorf-Astoria Empire Room. 1939. Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. text. Menus. Rare Book Division

Brigadier General James B. Ricketts of General Staff U.S. Volunteers Infantry Regiment in uniform / C.D. Fredricks and Co., 587 Broadway, New York, 108 Calle de Habana, Habana, 31 Passage du Havre, Paris.. Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs , pp/liljpaper. Ricketts, James B, (James Brewerton), 1817-1887, United States, Army, People, 1860-1870, Soldiers, Union, 1860-1870, Military uniforms, Union, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military personnel, Union.

Asmus H., title page. (From: Architectural album, Vol. 1, H.2, Hrsg.V. Stüler, Knoblauch, Salzenberg, Strack, Runge, Potsdam 1838.) (1838-1838): Tieblatt, ornamentation. Lithography colored on paper, 47.9 x 33.5 cm (including scan edges)

Photo production of a drawing of a boat in the port of Venice, Anonymous, c. 1888 - in or before 1898 photomechanical print paper canal. rowing-boat, canoe, etc. Venice

The Forest Grill. Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. Menus. 1914. Rare Book Division

The Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York, N.Y.. 1943. Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. text. Menus. Rare Book Division

Cover: The Inland Printer, The Easter Number April, 1896 Anonymous, American, 19th century American. Cover: The Inland Printer, The Easter Number 418579

Hotel Saskatchewan Canadian Pacific. 1937. Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. Menus. Rare Book Division

George Clymer. 1880 - 1889. Portraits, Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Clymer, George, 1739-1813

Almanaque "La Tramontana" para el año 1890. Editado en Barcelona.

Commander Hotel. 1955. Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. text. Menus. Rare Book Division

SUNDAY MENU held by SMITH & McNELL at. Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. text. Menus. 1900. Rare Book Division

Ds. W Knoppers / Chairman, Anonymous, 1953 manuscript Handwritten title for the photo on the next magazine. Part of the photo album about the opening of the De Berkelhof retirement home in Lochem by Prime Minister Willem Drees on 8 August 1953. Lochem paper. ink manuscript / pen Lochem

Title print for: tree studies, Adrianus van der Koogh, 1828 print This title print is tied together with four prints. Dordrecht paper

The Waldorf-Astoria. 1949. Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. text. Menus. Rare Book Division

Tip Toe Inn. 1954. Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. Menus. Rare Book Division

Twenty years at sea Front cover ,

S.S. Santa Paula Grace Line. 1958. Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. Menus. Rare Book Division

Calendar, The Antikamnia Calendar, March and April, 1899: His Fourth of July!; L Crusius; Lithographer: G. H. Buek & Co. (United States); Made for The Antikamnia Chemical Co. (United States); chromolithograph on paper with string binding; 1968-106-2-2

Business card to Philip Zilcken, Christina J. Neuhuys, in Or Before 1911 Baarlo paper printing

The Waldorf-Astoria. 1949. Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. text. Menus. Rare Book Division

The last four centuries, Henry Havard, after Jean Baptiste Madou, 1873 book publisher: Haarlempublisher: Berlinpublisher: Parispublisher: Brusselspublisher: London paper. linen (material). wood (plant material) printing / collotype

Outline of History by HG Wells, No. 22: The Brewing of the Great War, H.G. Wells Outline of History

Francis Scott Key Hotel. 1946. Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. text. Menus. Rare Book Division

The Waldorf-Astoria. 1950. Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. Menus. Rare Book Division

How to know the wild flowers : a guide to the names, haunts, and habits of our common wild-flowers 1899 Margaret Neilson Armstrong Brown cloth with flowering bush stamped in sliver and sea green with silver banner wrapped around the stem with the words "New leaf, new life - the days of Frost are o'er" by Tennyson, title stamped in silver, author and illustrator stamped in sea green all within a decorative silver border, title, author, and publisher stamped in silver with sea green and silver flowers on spine. Signed MA Margaret Armstrong.Photographs of binding from Watson Library Digital Collections: https://libmma.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16028coll17/id/3456. How to know the wild flowers : a guide to the names, haunts, and habits of our common wild-flowers. Margaret Neilson Armstrong (American, New York 1867-1944 New York). 1899. Charles Scribners' Sons. New York, New York

Process book of the ducks, 1937 Processbook; album in which the printing process of a print with two ducks of Takeuchi Seiho is shown per printing; Silver colored cover with arch pattern; Red title strip in the middle; 51 magazines, double numbered 1-26: On the first page the block is printed, which is then printed on the next page, with identical page number, in the print; The print is complete in 26 steps. paper color woodcut

DAILY MENU held by NEW HAVEN LINE at EN ROUTE (RR;). Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. Menus. 1901. Rare Book Division

Notes Songs with an orchestra Szymanowski, Karol (1882 1937)

Souvenir of Józef Czapski Sketchbook Canson

Christmas book

16NTH ANNUAL DINNER held by BROTHERHOOD OF COMMERCIAL TRAVELERS at "66 ST & COLUMBUS AVE, NY" (REST;). Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. text. Menus. 1900. Rare Book Division

The Sulgrave. 1956. Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. Menus. Rare Book Division

Title Print for: Tree studies. This title print has been tied together with four prints.

Stories of the foot-hills Front cover ,

Schrafft's. 1949. Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. text. Menus. Rare Book Division

Gray's Inn. 1949. Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. text. Menus. Rare Book Division

Album with performances of bedilly parents, Paul Gavarni, 1853 Album with ten prints on ten magazines. Paris paper art collector. print, e.g.: engraving, etching, lithograph. various human types. parents with their children

Band design for: Louis Couperus, from white cities under Blue Air, 1912-1913, Karel Sluijterman, in Or Before 1912 - 1913 drawing A rectangular Renaissancist structure with a fleur-de-lis and all around leaf ornaments in the middle. paper. India ink (ink). deck paint. pencil pen / brush architecture. foliage, tendrils, branches ~ ornament

S.S. "Ile de France" Compagnie Générale Transatlantique. 1936. Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. Menus. Rare Book Division

Shloyme Sharlaan: ragiomedye in 4 aen Shloymke Charlatan שלמהקע שארלאטאן פראגראמקע. Gordin, Jacob, 1853-1909. Theater programs, Programs, Plans. 1932. Dorot Jewish Division. Jewish arts, Yiddish drama, Theater, Yiddish

Title Page to Paul Gauguin: 10 Traesnit (Pola Gauguin Portfolio). Pola Gauguin (Danish, born France, 1883-1961); published by Chr. Cato, Copenhagen. Date: 1921. Dimensions: 446 × 345 mm. Letterpress in black on heavy blue-green wove paper. Origin: Denmark. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

The Roman quarries at Pola title page of the series

Österby mills chronology.ur Carl Sahlin's mountain historical collection.

Pictoral Tour of the World, Book Cover

A LA CARTE DINNER MENU held by COLLINS RESTAURANT at NY (REST;). Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. Menus. 1906. Rare Book Division

A fable for critics Front cover ,

Number 8. / Badinguet Plan (IT)

The Waldorf-Astoria. 1950. Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. Menus. Rare Book Division

Portada del Vocabulari Castellà-Català, de Eduard Artells. Editorial Barcino. Barcelona, año 1958.

Daly Cesar Denis (1811-1893), Motifs Historiques D´Architecture et de Sculpture d´ornement, ed. César Daly, Vol. Stitch on paper, 45.6 x 32 cm (including scan edges)

REVISTA FINANZAS Y DESARROLLO DEL HABITAT HUMANO.

Lessing and Edith Rosenwald , Mountains. Sir David Young Cameron (1865-1945). Prints

Terrace Room, The Plaza The Wine and Food Society of New York, Inc. Presents A Tasting of White Wines. 1958. Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. Menus. Rare Book Division

Hotel Astor. 1936. Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. Menus. Rare Book Division

A princess of Java Front cover ,

James Bruce, 1730-1794, British, Title Page: "Thugga", undated. Pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper.

The Waldorf-Astoria. 1949. Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. text. Menus. Rare Book Division

DAILY MENU held by STEAMER RHODE ISLAND at EN ROUTE (SS;). Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. Menus. 1901. Rare Book Division

53RD ANNUAL DINNER held by PHI GAMMA DELTA at "INTERNATIONAL HOTEL,NIAGARA FALLS, NY" (HOTEL). Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. Menus. 1901. Rare Book Division

MERCE RODOREDA/ ALOMA, 1938. BIBLIOTECA DE CATALUÑA.

Title page from the Shakespeare play The Two Gentlemen of Verona. From The Works of William Shakespeare, published c.1900

Hotel Statler. 1946. Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. text. Menus. Rare Book Division

The Moskowitz & Lupowitz Restaurant. 1940. Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. text. Menus. Rare Book Division

LITERATURA CATALANA. SIGLOS XIX-XX. CARNER, Josep (Barcelona, 1884-Bruselas, 1970). Escritor catalán. Considerado la figura más importante del "Noucentisme" catalán. "LLUNYANIA" (Lejanía). Portada de la Primera Edición del 1952.

The Waldorf-Astoria. 1950. Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. Menus. Rare Book Division

Big Kopparbergs Bergslag. The cart and locomotive factory in Falun.ur Carl Sahlin mountain historical collection.

Imogene, 1899. Additional, I am thinking love of thee, thoughts perhaps will never be. First line of song., 1899, New York. Publisher, M. Witmark & Sons. Themes: Songs, Redemption, Forgiveness, Regret, Interpersonal conflict., 6 p.; 31 cm

SUPPER held by BURLINGTON ROUTE at (RR;). Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. text. Menus. 1900. Rare Book Division

S. S. President Wilson American President Lines, ltd.. 1955. Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. text. Menus. Rare Book Division

ITZ LAUZ SIG 4/122110. Author: AGUIRRE J M. Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Oscar Wildes Novel The Picture of Dorian Gray. Here in Finnish paperback edition from 1997

Hotel Beach Plaza. 1958. Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. Menus. Rare Book Division

The Waldorf-Astoria. 1949. Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. text. Menus. Rare Book Division

Guerra civil española (1936-1939). Portada de la revista Vértice, número 4 extraordinario Julio-Agosto 1937. Publicación de Falange Española. San Sebastián.

Book The Music of Szymanowski Samson, Jim

The Belvedere Room of the Hotel Astor The Wine & Food Society of New York. 1949. Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. text. Menus. Rare Book Division

Large copper mountain chronology. From Carl Sahlin's mountain historical collection.

David Young Cameron, Bookplate of Lessing and Edith Rosenwald, 1930, etching in brown ink on wove paper.

The red-haired moon / editor / André Gill / 2nd year 1878 / Administration and offices: 5, rue Coq-Heron / Paris.

Hotel Mark Hopkins Lochinvar Room. 1956. Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. Menus. Rare Book Division

Brochure with the Polish text of the Libretta Opera Hagith by Karol Szymanowski (Editions Max Eschig Universal Edition No. 5914) Doermann, Feliks

Mandel Brothers. 1948. Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. text. Menus. Rare Book Division

BOY. Author: LUIS COLOMA (1851-1915). Location: BIBLIOTECA NACIONAL-COLECCION. MADRID. SPAIN.

Costello's Restaurant. 1961. Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. text. Menus. Rare Book Division

Caxton Edition, Book Cover

'Look', copy no. 28, Preiching service U.S.A., c. 1945 magazine Magazine with black and white photo on cover. In addition, a white job in which inscription in red letters. Price per number 30 cents. Articles with news all over the world, where photos. Number 28, part of a series, incomplete. London paper printing

Sketches in and around Shanghai, etc, book, photos, photographic illustrated books, height 252 mm, width 197 mm, thickness, 29 mm

Lord Cromwell Grill. 1957. Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. Menus. Rare Book Division

Balzac, Honoré de (N.1799-05-20-D.1850-08-18), La Skin de Chagrin, Paris: Editions de la Nouvelle France, 1943 (Title de le Ensemble), 1943. Maison de Balzac.

Outline of History by HG Wells, No. 5: Exploration, H.G. Wells Outline of History

Lessing and Edith Rosenwald , Mountains. Sir David Young Cameron (1865-1945). Prints

España. Catalunya. Carnet del VII Congreso de la Federació Agrícola Catalana-Balear celebrado en Vendrell, mayo de 1904.

Spine. 1861. Catholic Church. bindings (gathered matter components), Book covers. Spencer Collection. Bookbinding

Holland House Taverne Rockefeller Center. 1940. Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. text. Menus. Rare Book Division

The Fairmont Hotel The Birch Room. 1947. Buttolph, Frank, 1850-1924. text. Menus. Rare Book Division

Leporellolatbum with 28 photos of Amsterdam and surroundings; Amsterdam et Ses Environs. Leporellolatbum with red linen folder with the title on the front in gold pressure. The front has a print of geometric figures in black ink and embossed. The back is decorated with the same motif in blind pressure. The album contains 12 tightly attached, fold-out cardboard sheets with a total of 28 photos (format cabinet photo). Each leaf has a printed frame. The photos are equipped with captions in French. It concerns recordings from Amsterdam, Marken, Wormerveer, Zaandam, North Holland clothing and photo productions from artworks.

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